The Labor enquirer., 1887-06-18
The Pacific Coast Aristocrats
Threaten 70 Cut II
Down.
|IITCHELL. TAKEN 10 JAIL
The 6 Better Glasses y aad What They
Think u Celebrating the Fsarth
u July.
s.pp.ss.sd y the Capitalist Prsss. Special

to the Enquirer.
San FaAxorsoo, June 12.-n q work,
ingmsn had attempted to out down the
American dag the whole land would have
rung with the nsws Of the outrage, but If
ths police and capitalists try it on the
news il smothSrsd and not allowed to get
out Here in San Francisco the aristo-
crats are vsry strong. They are going to
celebrate the queens jubilee in force, but
are trying hard 70 prevent any cslsbra-
tion At all Of the Fourth Of July. They
are afraid Of its influence, remembering
that last year the Federated Trades had
An indignation celebration at Golden
Gate park that walked up the people.
The National Guard have refused to
parade on the Fourth and the police are
trying hard to cripple the efforts of the
Fourth of July committee, which is in the
hands Of the workers. Its chairman is R.
B. Mitchell, lawyer and a Socialist.
The committee held meeting last
night and in calling the meeting to order
Mr.. Mitchell spoke as follows;
"Gentlemen Of the Fourth Of July COM
mittee, the chair wishes to rise to per-
sonal explanation. On Thursday petit
tiOn was sent in to the street committee
Of the board of supervisors, requesting
formal permission to float the flag of our
union on Kearny street, opposite our
headquarters. The street committee met
and unanimously refused TO- grant the re.
quest.
"The mornings papers mentioned the
refusal and I took it upon myself to &c
to the Office of the clerk of the board Of
supervisors to ascertain if the facts were
really SO. found that the street commit
tee had unanimously disapproved of al
lowing us to put out the flag. From the
city hall went down the street and or
dered the best flag in San Francisco; be-
meath it had painted on white canvas
the words Fourth of july Committee
Then went to firm of decorators and
instructed them to hang the flag opposite
these rooms before the meeting took
place this evening.
xAk ASN1nn1r kho
the flag and the result is apparent-the
only flag which floats in this city and coun-
try this evening floats before the head
quarters of this committee. The flag had
barely been put in place when a police
man tapped me on the shoulder and
asked by whose authority the flag hung
on Kearny street. 1 answered: 4 alone
am responsible
"He then asked me if had permit
from the board of supervisors. 1 said
NO; and was then placed under arrest
and was carried to the sergeant's Office,
in the lower part of the old city hall.
II was there informed that l was not
only under arrest for violating the laws of
the land but that the flag would be cut
down in fifteen minutes. l said: I am
aware that have committed technical
misdemeanor. am lawyer and know
it, and am willing to give any bail for my
appearance, but if any attempt is made to
cut down that flag, as God is my Judge, l
verify believe that the streets of this city
will be crowded with an enraged mob
Appearing awed by my arguments,
was ordered behind the bars by the ser
geant, and then signed my name on
that criminal record, which bears such
names as our old-time friend Jimmy
Hope, the burglar.
"Having deposited my bail returned to
the sergeant's Office and he told me that 1
was liable, for continuous offense, to re-
rest every fifteen minutes. I told him
that the flag would never be taken down.